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Shift: Days, 3x12hrs
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Hours: 36 hrs/wk
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Start Date: Jun 9, 2026
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Length: 13 weeks
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Openings: 1
American Traveler is seeking an LPN for a Medical-Surgical assignment at a correctional health facility in Cook County, IL, requiring an active Illinois LPN license and corrections experience if trained outside of Illinois.
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Work setting is a correctional health facility
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Medical-Surgical unit with a mandatory float requirement — clinicians may be floated to any Cook County facility or unit at the facility's discretion, including outside of primary competency area, up to 50 miles from the home facility
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Scheduled for day shifts, 11:00–23:30, three 12-hour shifts per week
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Every other weekend (2 weekends per month) required
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Charting is done in Cerner
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Free parking available on a first-come, first-served basis
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Navy blue scrubs required
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Active Illinois LPN license required (no pending licenses); if nursing school was completed outside of Illinois, recent corrections experience in Illinois is required
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License required if applicable
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Current BLS certification required
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Graduate of an accredited School of Practical Nursing
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Documented completion of pharmacology/medication administration coursework in compliance with IDFPR standards for Practical Nurses (documentation may be requested)
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1 year of recent, full-time paid clinical experience in an acute care or ambulatory care facility preferred
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Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required — no exceptions
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2 professional references from a supervisor within the past 2 years required for consideration
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Must reside more than 75 miles from the facility to be eligible for the travel pay rate
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This is a mandatory float facility — clinicians may receive float assignments to other Cook County units or facilities, including outside their primary area of competency; a team-based model is used when floating outside primary competency
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Float notifications may be given as little as 2 hours before a shift; refusal to float may result in contract cancellation
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RTO is capped at 5 days total for the contract, with no more than 2 consecutive days off at a time
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No RTO approved on weekends, on holidays, or the day before or after a holiday
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No block scheduling or special scheduling requests will be approved
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Holiday coverage is required — calling out on a holiday may result in contract cancellation
